Life vs death

26/03/2021 | Reform

Experience tells us that death overwhelms life in the end. Easter tells us something different, says Chris Baillie

During this coronavirus pandemic, people around the world have felt overwhelmed. It is in the nature of death to overwhelm, and it … Read More

A meal for everyone

26/03/2021 | Reform

Kieran Bohan tells the story of a movement for welcome

We never intended to be a nationwide network. Although there are now 17 ecumenical communities making up the Open Table Network, we started as one group in Liverpool, affiliated to … Read More

Where all that plastic goes

01/03/2021 | Reform

While westerners try to cut down on their plastic habit,we hear from three Tanzanians who live with its impact

Johnson Pita, plastic collector

I live in Kigogo, near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and I work collecting bottles. I wake up … Read More

My DIY pilgrimage

01/03/2021 | Reform

Prevented by lockdown from making a planned pilgrimage to Cluny Abbey, Dixe Wills decided to make up his own pilgrimage destination

‘Ah yes, there it is!’ Weary of foot, cold of limb, and with face blasted by a scouring westerly, … Read More

Digging deeper

01/03/2021 | Reform

Naison Hove has found getting water in a dry place harder than expected

Naison Hove is working to make life a bit easier for his home village in Zimbabwe, but it is turning out to be harder than expected. To … Read More

A life in fair trade

01/03/2021 | Reform

Louise Mabbs looks back on 40 years promoting fair trade

As a teenager in the 1970s, I attended an interdenominational youth fellowship in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, led by Rod and Pauline Higham. Wirksworth was a politically and socially active community, and … Read More